Overview: University

TU Graz
Graz University of Technology

Which principles and aims guide the members of TU Graz? Which quality standards shape their work? Why is TU Graz one of the universities in Austria with the best cooperation ventures? On which traditions is the university based? Find out more about strategy, aims, achievements and history at TU Graz.

TU Graz Compact

Gain an overview of TU Graz by taking a look at numbers and facts. Find out more in the university’s publications – in print and online. Get an overall picture in TU Graz Compact.

Mission Statement

What does TU Graz stand for? What are the university’s aims? What makes the university unique? Click here to find out about the Mission Statement.

Key Objectives and Focus Areas

Find out about the TU Graz Key Objectives and Focus Areas.

Cooperation Ventures

Who does TU Graz cooperate with, to make it possible to achieve more? For further information see Cooperation Ventures in Research and Teaching.

Diversity

What does diversity mean to TU Graz? Which measures does the university implement? Find out about how the university promotes diversity under Diversity.

Digitalisation

Proactively shaping the digital transformation is a key objective of TU Graz. Read more about Digitalisation

Climate-Neutral TU Graz

TU Graz has adopted an ambitious roadmap for its path to climate neutrality by 2030, making it one of the pioneers among Austria's universities. Read more on page Climate-Neutral TU Graz

Quality Management

All employees contribute to the high standards of research and teaching at TU Graz. Quality Management is described on this page.

TU Graz Corporate Portfolio

TU Graz works together closely with partners from science and business by means of participations. Here you can find out about the TU Graz Corporate Portfolio.

Organisational Basis

The University Act and the Statute form the basis of work in research and teaching. Here, you can find out about the Organisational Basis.

History

TU Graz has an impressive history. Find out more under History.

Buildings of TU Graz

TU Graz spreads across 3 big campus locations: the Alte Technik campus, the Neue Technik campus and Inffeldgasse campus. Learn more about the development of the campus sites and buildings.

Development of the Campus Inffeldgasse

In the coming years, TU Graz and the Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG, the federal real estate company) will ensure that the campus Inffeldgasse is designed sustainably. More about the Campus Inffeldgasse.

TU Graz people

Read about the people and events that shape TU Graz: in the staff magazine TU Graz people

Third term of office: Harald Kainz reappointed as Rector of TU Graz

On Thursday, 14 June 2018, after shortened proceedings, the University Council and the Senate of TU Graz reappointed incumbent Rector Harald Kainz for a third term of office. Read more
Run of the mill would be boring

What structural durability and bouldering have in common and how mechatronics engineer Peter Brunnhofer came to be head of the Fatigue Testing Laboratory at TU Graz is revealed in the interview. Read more
… my month on Mars

For many people a mission to Mars would be a dream. For Michael Müller, physics student at TU Graz, this was a dream come true – at least almost. He reports on his experiences as a field crew member of the AMADEE-18 Mars Simulation project in Oman – from his arrival on the ‘red planet’ to the… Read more
Passionate chef: curries, cooking courses and the ‘green plate’

Healthy, colourful and down to earth: that’s the approach that the new chef brings to the Graz canteens every day. At a food tasting, Martin Grabenhofer talks about his future plans. Read more
Uni Graz and TU Graz are the “most family-friendly organisations in Styria”

Great importance is attached to compatibility of family and job at Uni Graz and TU Graz. That’s why the two universities have been awarded first place in the “Most family-friendly organisations in Styria” competition. Read more
TU Graz researcher on Forbes “30 under 30” list

Forbes magazine lists Johanna Pirker, a computer scientist at TU Graz, among the 30 most interesting minds from Europe under the age of 30 for her prizewinning virtual reality physics lab. Read more
TU Graz mourns the loss of “space professor” Willibald Riedler

Space researcher Willibald Riedler died on Wednesday, 24 January 2018 at the age of 85 in Graz. Since the late 1960s, Riedler has been inextricably linked with space research in Graz and Styria. Read more
Export hit from TU Graz: Campus-management system CAMPUSonline is 20 years old

Whether TU München, University of Cologne or the Medical University of Vienna, 38 universities in the German-speaking area use CAMPUSonline – the campus-management system developed at TU Graz 20 years ago. Read more
Digital education in Ghana

At over 70 the teacher trainer Margarete Grimus wrote a doctoral thesis at TU Graz about the integration of mobile learning in sub-Saharan Africa - and infuses much into the teaching situation there. Read more
Every day an adventure

Legal amendments, cooperation, questions from students. For Anna Maria Moisi, head of the Registration Office at TU Graz, every day was unpredictable. Now she’s passing it on to Christian Dobnik. Read more